Harry Truman actually said...

Over the last 5 years we have operated the Government with a surplus--a surplus of nearly $8 billion altogether.

I know taxes are high and I know they are burdensome, but we ought to keep this thing in the proper perspective.

We've got to keep it sound.

But I don't think anyone ought to take his complaints about the Government spending too seriously until he has gone to the trouble of findin...